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LQLEBBR; BOX PASTBNBR..

Patented July 24, 41894; I

TM: nanars PETERS cq, PHOTQLITHU.. wAsHxNnmN u o AIt) UNITED STATESPATENT LOUIS Lnenaor BURLINGTON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR or oNn-I-IALufro F.e.

' .KLEIN a co.,oF SAME PLACE.

Box-FASTENEIR SPECIFICATION Vfoaming.; part of Letters Patent No.523,434, dated :rely 24, 1894.

Application filed January 9,1893. Renewed lprinl 25, 1894.1 Serial No.509,030. (No xnodeld To all whom, t may concern/r Be it known-that I,LOUIS LEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, inthe county of'Racine'and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain'newand useful Improvements in Fastenings for Packing-Cases, of which thefollowing isa specification, reference being had Atherein to theaccompanying drawings. A v l My invention relates to fastenings forpack-V ing cases or boxes, particularly that class thereof known asycompartment boxes intended for use in the transportation of bot-i tlesandsimilar articles, and my vinvention comprises certain novel featuresby which a f sealed lbox may be securely fastened.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedcase a portion of the same being broken away to show the connectionbetween the sliding cover and the box. Fig. 2 is a transverse verticalsection on line 2,-2 of-Fig.`1.v FiguS isadetail perspective view of thelocking bolt and fastening. Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating amodified form of cleat for the sliding cover. y l 4 In the drawings Adenotes the box which may be of any desired shape or size andvB is thesliding cover.k The front a of the box A is less in height than the endsand back thereof and the coverB has adownwardly ex-V tending tlange orlip C which rests upon the;

top of said front a when the cover B is in its closed position, as willbe readily seen by reference to Fig. 2. The cover B has upon its underface, and at lsuitable distances from its ends, two cleats b, and uponthe under side of said cleats' are metal strips b which projecthorizontally toward the ends of the' box, thus forming (see Fig. l)L-cleats, the said strips b' and cleats b being fastened to the.

cover B by nails passing through them and clinched or headed onthe uppersurface of the cover, or by any other suitable means.

The L-cleats thus formed are arranged to em.-y brace strips o fastenedto the two ends a of the box A flush with the upper edges thereof,

which, as will be readily seen, form a simple and effective slidingconnection between the said box and cover. If preferred, however,

the said L-cleats-B may be made entirely of' wood as shown in Fig, 4.

4back of the ange C is arranged ablock c2 in which is mounted a lockingrbolt D free to slide verticali? tion or loop formedl about midway of'its length, whichloop projects through the slot c. into the recess c. Itwill be seen that when vthe cover Bis in its closed position the bolt Dwill drop, (or may beforced) to the position shown in full lines in Fig.2 and its lower end will engage the upper edge of .the front a of thebox A and prevent the cover from being slidforward to vopen the boxuntil the bolt D has been raised by means of the loop dwhich extendsinto the recess c. Within the recess c and adjacent to the slot c Iplace a staple d so positioned that when the bolt D is in its lockingposition the loop d will lie by the side of the staple d. When thecoverB is closed and the bolt D has dropped or been's'lid down Ward toits locking position I fasten the loop d to said' staple d by means ofawire or cord d? (see Fig. 3) thus holding said bolt D positherein andhaving a projec.

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tively in its locking position. I- then cover f the recess c with a sealvE of paper or other suitable material, thus entirely concealing thebolt and its fastening. `It will be seen, therefore, that I provide alocking device which is adapted yto assumegits locking position bygravity when the box is closed,'and which can be positively fastened insuch position so that it cannot be moved to pnlock the box by Va tiltingor sudden jarring of theboxor by the insertion vof a sharp instrumentthrough the seal, it'bein g necessary to break the seal in order tounloosen'the cord or wire d2 before the bolt D can be raised tounlockthe box.

In order that the seal E may not bev accidentally broken or defacedwhile the box is in transportation, I provide around the same raisedprojections@ adjacent to said/ seal, such projections being shown in thepresent case as consisting of rounded-headed nails four in number andsituated at each corner of the seal.k It will be 'seen that when theboxes are packed together these projections will prevent the seal E frombeing brought in contact IOO A with other cases and so becomingaccidentally punctured or Worn.

I preferably bind the ends of the case A with metallic strips f tostrengthen the saine and in order that said strips f may be protectedfrom the Wear incident-al to sliding the boxes about I attach saidstrips by means of rounded or convex headed nails f which prevent themetal strip f from coming in contact with the iioor and the sides ofadjoining boxes, and consequeutlybeing Worn or broken.

Having thus described my invention,` I claim and desire to Ysecure byLetters Patentf- The combination with the box A, of the cover D havingat its front the ange C propresence of `two Witnesses.

LOUIS LEBER.

Witnesses:

- A. F. RANsoM,

F. KLEIN.`

